SourceLONDON, ENGLAND, June 10, 2003: A serious controversy has erupted following the release of a report by the House of Lords Select Committee on Religious Offenses. The committee was asked to decide whether the present law on religious offenses, that, according to yesterday’s HPI, guarantees protection to only the Church of England, should be extended to protect all religious faiths…
Hindustan TimesNEW DELHI, INDIA, June 7, 2003: A survey of people’s attitudes from around the world has shown Indians were the most nationalistic. The latest survey of the US-based Pew Global Attitudes Project (http://people-press.org/), “Views of a Changing World,” asked people of 44 countries about the superiority of their culture, their wariness regarding foreign influence on their way of life,…
Columbus Dispatch (Ohio)COLUMBUS, OHIO, June 6, 2003: At times Dr. Raj Tripathi seems as much a fixture at Powell’s Hindu temple as are the majestic statues that give the building its identity. And yet he is at or near the Bharatiya Temple only part of the week. The rest of the time, he’s 90 miles to the east, working as…
SourceATLANTIC CITY, NEW JERSEY, June 12, 2003: The World Council of Elders of the Ancient Traditions and Cultures in collaboration with the World Congress of Ethnic Religions, Vilnius, Lithuania, proudly announces the First Conference (in a series of understanding ancient traditions and cultures of the world) on Indo Romuva Cultures. The conference will be October 10-12, 2003, at the Howard…
SourceEDMONTON, CANADA, June 12, 2003 The Maha Ganapati Temple’s Alankaara Utsavam (Annual Festival) will begin on Friday, June 27, and continue through Sunday, July 6. The last day marks the date of Attha Nakshadhra of the Tamil month of Aani on which day the Prathishta Maha Kumbabishekam took place in the year of 2000. The temple is located at 128…
SourceLUCKNOW, INDIA, June 7, 2003: If you have been forced to postpone or cancel a family samskara because the priest was booked or ill, the Uttar Pradesh Sanskrit Sansthan has found a solution. For Rs 100, one can purchase the Paurohitya Karm Prashikshak or simply the Karmkand Manual, a perfect do-it-yourself guide to various elaborate Hindu rituals. From the rituals…
SourceVIENNA, AUSTRIA, June 6, 2003: His Holiness Vishwaguru Mahamandaleshwar Paramhans Swami Maheshwaranandaji, worldwide head of Yoga in Daily Life, has organized a worldwide fund raising drive to collect funds for Sri Lanka’s flood victims. Dr. Karan Singh was invited to give a lecture on Vedanta at the Vienna fundraiser. Readers wishing to donate or to listen to Dr. Singh’s talk,…
SourceKAUAI, U.S.A., June 11, 2003: Atma Darshan is organizing an event during the Kumbha Mela at Nasik in August and wishes to invite H.H. Sant Kirit Bhai of Gujarat, well known for his pravachans on Bhagavat and the Ramayana. If any reader knows how to reach His Holiness, please contact Radhakrishnan at “source” above. To find out more about Atma…
Religion News ServiceLONDON, ENGLAND, June 10, 2003: Any attempt to change the current law on blasphemy to provide protection for all religions “is likely to run into profound controversy,” according to the chairman of a House of Lords committee studying the issue. The present law on blasphemy protects only the Church of England. Laws on race relations have the effect…
SourceCHENNAI, INDIA, June 8, 2003: Leaders of the women’s movement in Tamil Nadu have decided to make the two recent anti-dowry incidents–Vidya in Chennai and Nisha Sharma in Delhi calling off their marriages because of new demands–prototypes for young brides harassed by greedy grooms and their families. The follow-up action by the police and the media attention that these two…